A growing wave of student activism around education is putting pressure on governments and state authorities across India, with young people increasingly demanding better schools, stronger infrastructure and reforms aimed at improving the quality of education. The latest development has been highlighted by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a pressure group that has been campaigning...
The political relationship between the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam government in Tamil Nadu has come under strain after the CPI(M) demanded action against Chief Secretary M. Sai Kumar over controversial administrative directions concerning student participation in political protests. The Left party has questioned Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay over...
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has come under the spotlight following allegations that two of its prominent leaders were assaulted in separate incidents in Jaipur, with founder Abhijeet Dipke making a light-hearted remark that chief spokesperson Saurav Das could be “next” to face an attack. Dipke made the comment while speaking in an interview alongside...
A fresh leadership dispute has emerged within the Bar Council of India (BCI), with its Co-Chairman and senior advocate Y.R. Sadashiva Reddy calling for the resignation of BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra. Reddy has raised serious concerns over the functioning of the council and cited the recent controversy involving students of the National Academy of...
A 19-year-old Delhi University student has alleged that he sustained extensive pellet injuries during a student protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, claiming that he was struck multiple times by pellets during a confrontation with police personnel. An FIR against unidentified individuals was subsequently registered after Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok...
The All India Students’ Association (AISA) has announced a statewide ‘GEN-Z Mahajutan Yatra’ in Uttar Pradesh, seeking to bring students and young people together around concerns related to education, competitive examinations, recruitment policies and unemployment. The campaign is being organised under the broader ‘GenZ Rising’ initiative and is expected to travel through several major cities...
Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said a new generation of children was beginning to question the condition of government schools and demand basic facilities, describing the development as a sign that young citizens were increasingly unwilling to accept poor public services as normal. In an Independence Day message, Kejriwal said that after...
The political confrontation between the government and the Opposition intensified on Tuesday as Congress president and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge rejected allegations that the Opposition was repeatedly changing its demands to prevent Parliament from functioning. Kharge said the Opposition’s position had remained unchanged since the beginning of the ongoing dispute...
The political standoff in Parliament continued on Monday as the government offered to hold a detailed discussion on student and youth protests, including allegations of police action against demonstrators, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah expected to respond on behalf of the government. The proposal was presented as an attempt to break the prolonged deadlock...
Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi took a lighter and more informal approach to political outreach when he interacted with young people through an Instagram “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) session. The interaction, aimed particularly at students and members of Gen Z, featured questions ranging from politics and education to...